Description
This article is intended to provide the clinician with
information about the rapidly expanding field of D-Dimers
and its relation to the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Recent
guidelines by the British Thoracic Society1
and the American Thoracic Society2
about the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism have failed to include
D-Dimer in the diagnostic algorithm. However, several large
studies have suggested that using D-Dimer has potential in
non-invasive exclusion of the diagnosis and may lead to cost
savings.
